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When It’s the police committing a crime, who do you call?

Thursday, 10 May 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

I am so glad that the police have decided to prosecute anew the three police officers and one nightclub bouncer who stood accused of having assaulted and beaten a French student ...

Why Malta’s Politicians should be thinking the unthinkable

Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Turbulence and possible turmoil are now again stalking the eurozone. The French Presidential elections have ushered in a new Socialist President wedded to a commitment to re-negotiate the hard-won EU Fiscal Treaty...

What We owe Egypt

Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

The question that still underlies much thinking about economic development is this: What can we do to kick-start economic growth and reduce poverty around the world?...

The Arab Spring: Youth, Freedom and the tools of technology

Tuesday, 8 May 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Wielding mobile phones and computers, the young activists across the Middle East have altered the way the world approaches popular mobilisation, social networks and Internet freedom...

Policing And the Rule of Law

Monday, 7 May 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Every day, the Malta Police Force carries out a remarkable amount of work which, sadly, either goes unnoticed or unacknowledged. The Force, which is one of the oldest police forces in Europe, will soon be marking its 200th anniversary....

Parliamentary Democracy

Monday, 7 May 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

As of January this year, for reasons known to everyone, parliamentary debates at voting time attracted interest more than they usually do. But is parliamentary democracy truly alive?...

The Personality factor in politics

Sunday, 6 May 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

There are many who believe that in politics what matters are policies and positions....

After The Third Way

Sunday, 6 May 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Françoise Hollande will probably be elected President of the French Republic for the next five years.There are two ways in which such a result can be interpreted....

Uncertainty Is caused by the certainty of a Labour government

Sunday, 6 May 2012, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

I find it ridiculous the way that Franco Debono and the Labour Party discuss the current atmosphere of uncertainty and lack of investment as though it has nothing to do with them ...

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